A KIND-HEARTED couple have saved Christmas for a single mother whose savings were wiped out when hamper company Farepak folded.

Llandyrnog woman Carol Jones had been saving £400 a year for the past two to three years with Farepak and was devastated by last month’s news that the company had gone into liquidation, taking her hard-earned money with it.

“It’s such a blow just before Christmas,” said Carol, of Nant Glyd. “My Farepak agent was devastated and in tears when she rang me to let me know. I feel very badly for her as she has children younger than mine and she’s lost too. It’s difficult to explain that Father Christmas won’t be coming this year.”

A worker taking care of cancer patients at the Macmillan Unit in Denbighshire Infirmary, Carol thought she and her daughters Rebecca 13, and 11-year-old Natasha, were facing a bleak Christmas until she heard from Sandra and Huw Williams.

The pair run a farm shop at their home Rhesgoed Farm near Llanbedr DC and offered to provide all the family’s Christmas meat and vegetables completely free of charge.

“It’s an amazingly generous offer and I was so touched to hear from Sandra and Huw,” said Carol, of Nant Glyd. “It’s very gratefully received.”

The act of kindness has also touched Carol’s daughters, both pupils at Ruthin’s Ysgol Brynhyfryd.

“It was horrible to see Mum so upset and worried about how she was going to do Christmas and it’s really nice to see how happy this had made her,” confided a smiling Natasha, and Rebecca said she is really looking forward to the Christmas day feast.

Rhesgoed Farm have given Carol and her family a voucher to cover everything from Christmas turkey, ham, and chipolatas, through to fruit, vegetables and cheeses which she can choose from the shop.

Mother of three Sandra explained that she and husband Huw immediately knew they wanted to help when they heard that a member of their community had been affected by the Farepak collapse.

“Christmas is a time for thinking of others, and we were so angry when we heard Carol had lost out,” she said.

“At least my family can sit down to a happy Christmas dinner this year knowing that Carol’s is doing the same. I know all the politicians are calling for enquiries and compensation, but that doesn’t help much when you’ve got food and gifts to buy.”